The McKnight Foundation implemented a new program devoted to equity and inclusion in Minnesota. In a conversation with the National Center for Family Philanthropy, David Nicholson, program director of the Vibrant & Equitable Communities program, talks about how that team is thinking about systems change and what they’ve learned so far.
Grantmakers in the Arts
by Carmen Graciela Díaz in Alternative Economies
Grantmakers in the Arts (GIA) just released Solidarity Not Charity: Arts & Culture Grantmaking in the Solidarity Economy, a report that explores how the grantmaking community can support culture-workers and artists through an increasingly just economy.
by Carmen Graciela Díaz in Racial Equity
In its inaugural Cultural Equity report, the Arts & Science Council (ASC) shares the organization's journey of steps – and missteps – on its path to becoming an organization where its commitment to equity is reflected in its work.
by Carmen Graciela Díaz in Racial Equity
The Boston Foundation Arts & Culture team, the Barr Foundation and the Mayor's Office of Arts & Culture center racial equity, transparency and accountability join forces in a new approach to grantmaking.
by Carmen Graciela Díaz in Funders Statements, Articles & News Updates, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Grantmakers in the Arts joins a community statement from Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta & Georgia NAACP in response to violence against Asian American communities and as we grieve the tragedy on March 16, in which eight people, including six Asian women, were killed at three spas.
by Carmen Graciela Díaz in Indigenous Arts
In February 2020, the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) co-hosted a first-of-its-kind gathering in Washington, D.C., with the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). A report, produced by NACF, documenting the gathering and its main recommendations to strengthen the Native arts, cultures, and humanities field.
by Carmen Graciela Díaz in Emergency Readiness, Response, and Recovery
On Tuesday, March 23, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) will present a webinar centered on how arts organizations can reopen their venues in 2021 with special guest Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at the National Institutes of Health.
by Carmen Graciela Díaz in Emergency Readiness, Response, and Recovery
In "Keeping in Touch, Building Trust - A Funders Report from the Virtual Front Lines," Jennifer Negron, program officer at The Pinkerton Foundation, shares the importance of building relationships with the people and organizations they help fund and how the organization approached virtual “site visits” in the midst of the pandemic.